Beyond impunity: An evaluation of New York State's nonfatal shooting initiative

IF 3.5 1区社会学 Q1 CRIMINOLOGY & PENOLOGY

Criminology & Public Policy Pub Date : 2022-04-01 DOI:10.1111/1745-9133.12584

Hannah Cochran, Robert E. Worden

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Abstract

New York State's nonfatal shooting initiative provided support to police departments and district attorney's offices in two cities, Newburgh and Utica, NY: two investigators and a crime analyst dedicated to nonfatal shooting investigations, training and technical assistance, and timely forensic laboratory analysis of evidence. Evaluation findings show that the initiative positively affected the processes and outcomes of nonfatal shooting investigations. The immediate effect of the initiative was dramatic in Newburgh and less pronounced but noteworthy in Utica. In both sites, however, clearance rates declined over time, as caseloads grew. The initiative consisted of several components: a commitment to evidence-based prosecutions; investigative personnel dedicated to nonfatal shooting cases; collaboration between investigative and prosecutorial actors. The immediate effects of the initiative suggest how successful nonfatal shooting investigations can be when they are better resourced, while the decay in the impacts over time illustrate the need to ensure that the resources are commensurate with the caseload.

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超越有罪不罚:对纽约州非致命射击倡议的评估

纽约州的非致命枪击倡议为纽堡和尤蒂卡两个城市的警察局和地区检察官办公室提供了支持:两名调查员和一名犯罪分析师致力于非致命枪击调查、培训和技术援助，并及时对证据进行法医实验室分析。评估结果表明，该倡议对非致命枪击调查的过程和结果产生了积极影响。该倡议的直接影响在纽堡是戏剧性的，在尤蒂卡不那么明显，但值得注意。然而，在这两个地点，清除率随着时间的推移而下降，因为案件数量增加了。该倡议由几个部分组成:致力于以证据为基础的起诉;非致命枪击案件的调查人员;调查和起诉行为者之间的合作。该倡议的直接影响表明，如果资源充足，非致命枪击调查可以多么成功，而随着时间的推移，影响的衰减表明，需要确保资源与案件数量相称。

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期刊介绍： Criminology & Public Policy is interdisciplinary in nature, devoted to policy discussions of criminology research findings. Focusing on the study of criminal justice policy and practice, the central objective of the journal is to strengthen the role of research findings in the formulation of crime and justice policy by publishing empirically based, policy focused articles.